Meaning not yet researched.
Clair: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 29 in 2025. Its best rank was #845 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #845 in 1899; #4,680 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clair in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,680 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #845.
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Clair: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 29 girls in 2025. Peak: #845 in 1899 · most girls in one year: 66 (1991).
In 2025, 29 US girls were named Clair, making it the 4,680th most common girls’ name of the year, down 96 places from #4,584 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 30 girls named Clair in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #845, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 66, in 1991. For comparison, it was #3,360 in 2015 and #1,379 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Clair in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #288, reached in 1913. The most boys given the name in a single year was 356, in 1923. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #659 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clair in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 16,351 US babies have been given the name, 26% of them girls and 74% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,539 babies named Clair.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 295 US girls were named Clair; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 40. In 2025 that was about 1 in 55,423 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Claire (214,123 babies since 1880), Clare (34,510 babies since 1880) and Klaire (1,814 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Clair in the open dataset we use.
Clair is listed as a nickname for Claire, Clarence.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,680 | — | — |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,584 | — | — |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,781 | — | — |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,512 | — | — |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,991 | — | — |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,375 | 5 | #12,405 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,734 | — | — |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,256 | — | — |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,721 | — | — |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,554 | 5 | #12,563 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,976 | — | — |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,483 | — | — |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,016 | — | — |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,234 | 5 | #12,633 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,636 | — | — |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,055 | — | — |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,809 | — | — |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,895 | — | — |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,420 | — | — |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,223 | — | — |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,577 | — | — |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,051 | — | — |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,827 | 5 | #10,964 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,058 | 7 | #8,468 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,869 | — | — |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,792 | — | — |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,767 | — | — |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,364 | 6 | #8,313 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,321 | 10 | #5,602 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,164 | 7 | #7,122 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,508 | — | — |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,944 | 5 | #8,946 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,247 | 7 | #6,784 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,060 | — | — |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,466 | 7 | #6,530 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,377 | — | — |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,895 | 11 | #4,212 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,444 | — | — |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,006 | 18 | #2,797 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,976 | 11 | #3,840 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,346 | 10 | #3,973 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,729 | 18 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,378 | 8 | #4,665 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,861 | 12 | #3,452 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,632 | 22 | #2,292 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,356 | 14 | #3,036 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,875 | 16 | #2,689 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,395 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,807 | 19 | #2,349 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,693 | 14 | #2,778 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,333 | 24 | #1,894 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,809 | 23 | #1,883 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,568 | 27 | #1,686 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,861 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,454 | 27 | #1,662 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,223 | 31 | #1,446 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,638 | 24 | #1,617 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,281 | 34 | #1,292 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,600 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,285 | 57 | #976 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,420 | 52 | #1,046 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,176 | 69 | #900 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,999 | 63 | #956 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,748 | 75 | #882 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,986 | 67 | #923 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,698 | 72 | #904 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,706 | 84 | #821 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,358 | 80 | #842 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,978 | 115 | #689 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,776 | 99 | #732 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,587 | 105 | #709 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,509 | 126 | #636 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,527 | 131 | #618 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,508 | 136 | #596 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,379 | 113 | #659 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,636 | 116 | #634 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,522 | 148 | #548 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,548 | 158 | #536 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,482 | 143 | #537 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,519 | 132 | #521 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,189 | 159 | #479 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,909 | 165 | #480 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,636 | 180 | #462 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,448 | 165 | #461 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,377 | 175 | #439 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,595 | 208 | #391 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,555 | 177 | #429 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,306 | 198 | #392 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,748 | 227 | #359 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,615 | 217 | #366 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,321 | 238 | #357 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,406 | 248 | #338 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,298 | 238 | #362 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,316 | 254 | #344 |
| 1930 | 51 | #1,032 | 314 | #313 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,289 | 285 | #328 |
| 1928 | 48 | #1,085 | 286 | #332 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,281 | 288 | #337 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,332 | 337 | #308 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,383 | 310 | #326 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,884 | 327 | #320 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,089 | 356 | #295 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,373 | 320 | #322 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,307 | 321 | #330 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,212 | 339 | #311 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,454 | 339 | #292 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,166 | 325 | #310 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,283 | 314 | #297 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,250 | 301 | #297 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,410 | 297 | #291 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,037 | 204 | #319 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,793 | 191 | #288 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,312 | 136 | #317 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,179 | 70 | #323 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,800 | 35 | #464 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,495 | 39 | #388 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,565 | 53 | #301 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,217 | 50 | #301 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,581 | 40 | #324 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,067 | 43 | #306 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,272 | 42 | #300 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,225 | 33 | #331 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,341 | 37 | #322 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,366 | 21 | #408 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,179 | 39 | #350 |
| 1899 | 15 | #845 | 30 | #324 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,394 | 37 | #316 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,411 | 27 | #361 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,058 | 33 | #329 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,326 | 31 | #331 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #360 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,490 | 28 | #358 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,115 | 32 | #292 |
| 1890 | — | — | 20 | #407 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,319 | 20 | #406 |
| 1888 | — | — | 26 | #361 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #522 |
| 1886 | — | — | 20 | #397 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #503 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #527 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #462 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #471 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #607 |
| 1880 | 5 | #849 | 12 | #536 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).